However, one morning, Vikram noticed a monkey sitting on the palace wall and gave the fruit to it. The monkey had started eating the fruit when suddenly a dazzling diamond fell out of it.
The King was very surprised. He immediately ordered his treasurer to get him all the fruits kept in the storage. The fruits had gone bad but when the king had them crushed, each one of them yielded a precious Diamond.
The generous King donated all these Diamonds to the poor and waited for the Sages visit to the court.
The next day, the sage visited the court of Vikram with yet another fruit. Vikram welcomed the Sage and asked him “Your Holiness! Can you please tell me why you have been giving me such precious gifts? Without good reason, I cannot accept any gifts from you.”
The sage replied, “I need the help of a brave man for a spiritual goal. Will you help me?”
Vikram readily agreed to this. So the sage said, “O King, please come to the burial ground on the next moonless night. It is at a distance of 20 miles from here. I will wait for you under a banyan tree.” Vikram agreed to follow the instructions.
On the said night, Vikram covered his head and body with a black cloth and unnoticed, reached the appointed spot in the forest. The sage was waiting for him and told him, “King Vikram! To the south of this forest is an old tamarind tree on which hangs a corpse upside down. Please bring it to me.”
The king immediately followed the sages orders and reached the tamarind tree. On finding a corpse there, he cut it loose. As soon as the corpse fell to the ground, it laughed loudly with a crackling sound. The king realized that it was a ghost.
But the courageous king carried the body over his shoulders and started towards his capital. A short distance later, the ghost left Vikram shoulders and escaped to its original spot.
The king climbed up the tree, brought down the ghost and placing it on his shoulders started walking again. “Who are you?” he asked the ghost. “I am Betal” replied the ghost and in turn asked Vikram, “Why and where are you taking me away?”
“A sage has requested me to bring you to him,” replied Vikram. Betal did not have any objection to going with Vikram but he laid down a condition. “We have to cover a long distance and to relieve the tedious walk, I will tell you a story and then ask a question. You must tell me the answer otherwise I will break your head. But if you speak I will fly back to the tree." Vikram agreed.
This was the start of a Series of Stories Betal told Vikram, but each time Betal asked Vikram a question, Vikram answered and clever Betal flew back to the tree.
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Story By :- Vikram-Betal Tales
Post By :- Khushi
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